Ukraine marks Putin’s scripted election win with assault on Moscow refinery
The air attack hit an oil refinery in Moscow, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to halt strikes on energy targets. By Mary Ilyushina and Natalia Abbakumova The Washington Post September 21, 2026 at 8:23 a.m. Fires burn at a Moscow-area oil refinery after what authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike Sunday. (Reuters As the first parliamentary elections in Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine delivered a scripted victory on Sunday to Vladimir Putin, Ukraine pummeled the Moscow region with drones and missiles, hitting a key oil refinery and showing that winning the war remains out of reach for the Russian leader. The Ukrainian air attack, one of its largest on Russia’s capital area, killed at least three people, local officials said, and damaged the refinery in Kapotnya, on Moscow’s southeastern edge, which supplies a large share of the city’s fuel, including for diesel and aviation. Videos on social media showed it on fire. ...